Senior Business Analyst - Financial Projects

• The Finance & Strategy function (F&S) ensures, for the BNP Paribas Group, the production and publication of accounting and financial management statements necessary for the management of the Group, financial and tax optimization along with the external growth strategy. It also plays an alert role vis-à-vis of the General Management
• The Infinity EMEA Finance & Strategy Platform is the Regional EMEA Mutualized platform and Group platform delivering services that covers the whole financial dimension: Accounting production activities, reporting, control, transformation projects, IT and GDO. Our platform serves EMEA Countries and CFO´s, Group Head Office and also worldwide entities when it refers to projects (Transformations & IT). The Infinity EMEA Finance & Strategy Platform is located in a dual location Madrid and Lisbon

Your Main Activities Are

• Analyze the requirements from Business Line or Finance depending on the nature of the project
• Organize and manage meetings/workshops with stakeholders within Finance project team, Business Lines, IT, Finance end users to design the functional solution of the project respecting methodology and standards
• Document the functional specifications of the solution to be set up by other teams such as operating systems IT, Finance IT
• Define and parametrize accounting and reporting rules, according to the standards in terms of norms and systems
• Define the testing strategy to ensure the quality of the implementation of the project
• Carry out all accounting and reporting tests of the project
• Ensure an aftercare support for Finance end users after delivery of the solution
• Support project managers in implementing project outcomes and follow up outcomes with stakeholders
• Participate to project committees by sharing actions/decisions status
• Facilitate the knowledge sharing within the team
• Act as a referent in the function on his/her scope of products (banking products or capital market products)
• Be responsible for knowledge sharing and training of other team members
• Supervise and validate the outcomes of other business analysts within FIP project team
• Coordinate the actions of other business analysts within FIP project team and other stakeholders to ensure the implementation of projects outcomes under his/her responsibility
• Communicate to projects managers about the status of project outcomes under his/her responsibility

Profile and Skills to Success

• Business School or Master’s degree or Engineering school degree completed
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in project activity as Business Analyst will be appreciated
• Professional experience in banking sector and/or audit/accounting or consulting or management control
• Knowledge of financial Information Systems
• Proficiency in Office pack (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and inquiry tools (Business Objects)
• Fluency in English
• Teamwork
• Attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills (oral and written)
• Ability to manage a project
• Able to develop others and improve their skills
• Ability to understand, explain and support change
• Be able to inspire others and generate people’s commitment
• Ability to develop and adapt a process

About the Team

• F&S count +1800 employees specialized in Accounting, Reporting, Performance Steering, Tax, Control, Regulatory and Project to mention few of them. F&S is organized around 3 mutualized regional platform (America, Europe and Asia/Pacific), 1 Shared Finance Service center located in India, Central F&S teams located in Paris and decentralized Finance, Tax and Development departments located in each BNPP country presence
• Within Finance & Strategy function, Finance Implementation Projects – FIP teams: Lead the end-to-end implementation of business and regulatory projects by responding to Business Line and Finance requirements; Contribute to transformation initiatives according to the Finance strategy; Implement and maintain a harmonized Finance operating model across BNPP Group; Contribute to migration projects relying on the regional set up in Europe, Asia, and Americas; Collaborate with a FIP community worldwide, ensuring a consistent approach of the Finance projects across the geographies
• FIP teams operate for the entire BNPP Group, especially BCEF, BNL, BPLS, BPSS, CIB, FORTIS, IRB, PF, PI
• FIP Lisbon department is composed of two main teams, organized by banking activities and product areas to ease relationship with business lines and divisions: FIP Lisbon Banking Products; FIP Lisbon Capital Markets Products
• FIP Lisbon is a key department within FIP community created in the context of a transformation plan to transfer progressively projects activities from Paris to Lisbon by 2025
• The business analysts joining FIP Lisbon will follow a complete integration program for two years alternating periods of effective training and project activity
• The aim of FIP integration program is to develop the knowledge of collaborators proposing several options for next position promoting a career path within Finance & Strategy function